GRE Word List

AVOCATION

a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby

The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.

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WordMeaning
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
remissionthe act or process of remitting
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
slakesubside